Robert C. Weaver, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert C. Weaver

Member of the United States Cabinet

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1907

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Date of Death: 17-Jul-1997

Profession: politician, economist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Robert Clifton Weaver (December 29, 1907 – July 17, 1997) was an American economist, academic, and political administrator; he served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.) from 1966 to 1968, in the new agency established in 1965 under President Lyndon B.
Johnson.
Weaver was the first African American to be appointed to a US cabinet-level position. Prior to his appointment as cabinet officer, Weaver had served in the administration of President John F.
Kennedy.
In addition, he had served in New York State government, and in high-level positions in New York City.
During the Franklin D.
Roosevelt administration, he was one of 45 prominent African Americans appointed to positions and helped make up the Black Cabinet, an informal group of African-American public policy advisers.
Weaver directed federal programs during the administration of the New Deal, at the same time completing his doctorate in economics in 1934 at Harvard University.